1983 Detroit Tigers season


The 1983 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 92-70, six games behind the Orioles. The Tigers outscored their opponents 789 to 679. The Tigers drew 1,829,636 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1983, ranking 8th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CLance Parrish155605163.26927114
1BEnos Cabell121392122.311546
2BLou Whitaker161643206.3201272
3BTom Brookens13833271.214632
SSAlan Trammell142505161.3191466
CFChet Lemon145491125.2552469
RFGlenn Wilson144503135.2681165
LFLarry Herndon153603182.3022092
DHKirk Gibson12840191.2271551

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
John Wockenfuss9224566.269944
Rick Leach9924260.248326
Johnny Grubb5713434.254422
Wayne Krenchicki5913337.278122
Marty Castillo6711923.193216
Howard Johnson276614.21235
Lynn Jones496417.26606
Mike Ivie12429.21407
Bill Fahey19226.27302
Julio González12213.14302
Mike Laga12214.19002
Sal Butera451.20000
Bob Molinaro820.00000
Bill Nahorodny210.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dan Petry38266.319113.92122
Jack Morris37293.720133.34232
Milt Wilcox26186.011103.97101
Juan Berenguer37157.7953.14129
Glenn Abbott746.7211.9311

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGWLSVGFERASO
Aurelio López579818462.8190
Howard Bailey33550154.8821
Doug Bair27734103.8839
Dave Gumpert26022172.6414
John Martin1500157.4311
Pat Underwood400028.712
Bob James4000311.254

Award winners and league leaders

Kirk Gibson
Larry Herndon
Chet Lemon
Aurelio López
Jack Morris
Lance Parrish
Dan Petry
Alan Trammell
Lou Whitaker
Milt Wilcox
The following members of the 1983 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:
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